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Description of Tool or App

World Countries ALL-IN-ONE



The World Countries App, by ADS Software Group, Inc., is a free app that features:

• A world countries factbook with data from the CIA and Wikipedia
• Pictures of maps and flags of counties around the world
• 3 types of quizzes
• Flashcards

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Benefits of Tool or App

• Centralized resource for research. Student no longer needs to go to Google Maps, Wikipedia, and CIA Factbook to do research offline.
• Quizzes to reinforce learning and check for understanding.
• Free!
• Easy to navigate

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Constraints of Tool or App

• Teacher has no ability to monitor what student is doing, or see their quiz results.
• No way to export the information that is gathered.

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How To Use Tool or App

Watch this video, created using Reflector, that demonstrates how to use World Countries.

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Original Artifact of Tool or App

These are original screenshots of the app. Thefirst one is the condensed Wikipedia entry about Cuba. The second one is a map quiz.

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IDEAS for Tool or App

Student

• Research facts for country projects.
• Compare the United States with other countries.
• Become more familiar with geographical locations and aware of other cultures.
• Study using flashcards and quizzes.

Teacher

• General geography lessons.
• Introduce geography lessons by playing national anthem or showing flag and asking students to guess the country.
• Music class - listen to anthem and talk about the musical qualities.
• World Languages class - Find and talk about the similarities and differences between countries that speak the same language.
• History - Look at the maps to talk about history through a geographical lens - from colonialism to globalization.
• Math - Look at rankings and figures (statistics, percentages, etc...).
• Science - Talk about climates and natural resources. How are they linked? How might they be changing?

Other

• Could serve as a handy travel guide for the general public to learn more about where they are travelling.